Many recorders are motivated to record wildlife because they want to ensure that records are available to decision makers, planning authorities, scientists, recording schemes and societies.
iRecord allows you to customise several aspects including the species groups you like to record most often and the region, county or area you most often record in.
Activities on iRecord are a way of organizing recording to enable the compilation and reporting of records for particular sites or geographic areas, and for particular species or groups of species; they are a great option for those running a bioblitz.
All non-sensitive records added to iRecord are immediately available for browsing on the Explore pages of the website, with their verification status (i.e. whether they have been checked by an expert and if so, the result) displayed.
iRecord is designed so that it is flexible enough to be used for a huge range of different wildlife recording needs and scenarios, and as such there are a number of different formats in which you can submit records on the iRecord website or mobile App, including a range of recording forms for different purposes, and Activities for group recording.
Welcome a summary of data collected by the iRecord Butterflies mobile phone application for 2023. If you have just submitted records, please note that it can take a few minutes for your records to appear on the reports.
*Vice counties are a version of the county boundaries which don't keep changing, so they are very useful for biological records.
Here are a few of the photos recently uploaded from the Butterfly App.
| id | date | gridref | location | recorders | idguide | comment | habitat | pits | unidentified | lumbricidae | a_chlor | a_calig_pre | a_calig_post | a_cupul | a_icter | a_limic | a_longa | a_noctu | a_rosea | b_eisen | b_rubid | d_attem | d_horte | d_octae | d_pygma | d_venet | e_andre | e_fetid | e_tetra | h_ocula | k_armad | l_casta | l_festi | l_frend | l_rubel | l_terre | m_mulda | m_phosp | o_cyane | o_lacte | p_ampil | s_mamma | s_tames |
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| 22603074 | 2023-05-20 | SO943019 | Sapperton Wilder | Charlie Nash | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Sapperton Wilder experiment. Southern block. Field name: Kite. Arable. Fallow. Limestone brash. | 051 arable | 5 | 51 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22602891 | 2023-05-23 | SO953034 | Sapperton Wilder | Charlie Nash | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Sapperton Wilder experiement. Northern block. Field name: Stoat. Arable. Fallow. Limestone. | 051 arable | 5 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22602543 | 2023-05-20 | SO947023 | Sapperton Wilder | Charlie Nash | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Sapperton Wilder experiement. Central block. Field name: Newt. Arable. fallow. Limestone brash. | 051 arable | 5 | 52 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22173792 | 2023-05-20 | TQ210777 | Chiswick House & Garden | Keiron Derek Brown and Sheila Warbus | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | No adults in 4 of 5 soil pits). No dig area in the kitchen garden. Soil with lots of woodchips. | 044 garden | 5 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22113907 | 2023-05-23 | SD982977 | Low Houses Farm | Joe Everitt | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Meadow grassland. | 030 GRASSLAND | 5 | 35 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22113847 | 2023-05-23 | SD982796 | Low Houses Farm | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Fenced off ungrazed scrub area in between fields. Some sparse tree cover. | 053 field margin | 5 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22113814 | 2023-05-23 | SD971976 | Low Houses Farm | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Rushes, Grazed. GS15. | 030 GRASSLAND | 5 | 56 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22044796 | 2023-05-16 | SD657467 | The Inn at Whitewell | Keiron Derek Brown and Carol Edmondson | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Hay time project meadow restoration site. 5th year of restoration. Cut irregularly. Floods occasionally. | 030 GRASSLAND | 5 | 54 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21944317 | 2023-05-10 | TQ152841 | Paradise Fields | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Deciduous woodland | 071 deciduous | 5 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21944296 | 2023-05-10 | TQ151841 | Paradise Fields | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Pond edge | 015 pond/lake (bed/edge) | 5 | 91 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21775817 | 2023-04-25 | SU046228 | Middleton Down Nature Reserve | Keiron Derek Brown and Anna Cooper | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Wood pasture. Grazed by cattle. | 120 OTHER (please specify) | 5 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21775498 | 2023-04-25 | SU045235 | Middleton Down Nature Reserve | Keiron Derek brown and Anna Cooper | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Under gorse. Lowland calcareous grassland (chalk downland) grazed by cattle. | 033 calcareous grassland | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21751848 | 2023-04-18 | TQ220761 | Barnes Common | Keiron Derek Brown and Will Scott-Mends | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | 030 GRASSLAND | 5 | 42 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| 21751823 | 2023-04-18 | TQ222756 | Barnes Common | Keiron Derek Brown and Will Scott-Mends | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Young orchard. | 042 orchard | 5 | 40 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20948735 | 2022-11-26 | TQ173526 | FSC Juniper Hall | Keiron Derek Brown & Kerry Calloway | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Base of box hedgerow between lawn and housing block at field centre. Sampled during BioLinks Identifying & Recording Earthworms course. | 054 hedgerow | 5 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20817355 | 2022-11-14 | TQ202652 | Tolworth Court Farm Moated Manor | Keiron Derek Brown & Kerry Calloway | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | FSC BioLinks earthworm survey of Tolworth Court Farm Moated Manor. Very stony, shallow soil pits. | 030 GRASSLAND | 5 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20395683 | 2022-10-07 | TQ201649 | Tolworth Court Farm Fields | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | FSC BioLinks survey of Tolworth Court Farm Fields. | 030 GRASSLAND | 5 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19859353 | 2019-03-18 | TL326618 | RSPB Hope Farm | Sophie Mott | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | RSPB Hope Farm earthworm survey. Juvenile/damaged earthworm not recorded. Research record. | 050 FARMLAND | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19859167 | 2019-03-19 | TL326620 | RSPB Hope Farm | Sophie Mott | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | RSPB Hope Farm earthworm survey. Juvenile/damaged earthworm not recorded. Research record. | 050 FARMLAND | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19859160 | 2019-03-19 | TL327620 | RSPB Hope Farm | Sophie Mott | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | RSPB Hope Farm earthworm survey. Juvenile/damaged earthworm not recorded. Research record. | 053 field margin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Welcome a summary of data collected by the iRecord Butterflies mobile phone application for 2022. If you have just submitted records, please note that it can take a few minutes for your records to appear on the reports.
A number of video guides to various aspects of iRecord are available, and these are listed below. They have been produced by a range of organisations and do not necessarily represent the views of iRecord, BRC or UKCEH, but all contain useful information and we are grateful to the organisations and individuals who have made them available, and especially to Keiron Derek Brown who has produced many of the videos in this list.